I received this in a recent newsletter. In case you are interested in alternatives to the Microsoft products, here is a list of free ones that work quite well.

Other Office SuitesAlternative productivity tools

Because Microsoft dominates this market so completely, you may not have known that there's a wide variety of alternative office programs—you know, word processors, spreadsheet editors, presentation programs, and so on—that can do the job for you. Economy-sized, desktop or Web-based, even free. And for your convenience, we've made several of the best just a click away!